Qin Yan and Luo Qingyi are roommates and sworn enemies who can't stand each other.
On the school's confession wall, Luo Qingyi is the campus heartthrob, an elegant and aloof flower on a high peak, someone to admire from afar but never touch. Only Qin Yan knows the truth: Luo Qingyi is a shameless snob with a fastidious cleanliness obsession that's impossible to tolerate.
He always thought that after they fell out, their relationship would stay frozen in place.
That is, until one day Qin Yan opens a livestream and discovers a secret about Luo Qingyi that no one else knows.
Qin Yan's lips curl into a faint smile. A week later, he corners Luo Qingyi in their dorm while Luo is livestreaming in a qipao.
His hand casually grips Luo's slender, supple waist and gently strokes it through the high-slit silk qipao he personally chose and tipped for. In a low voice, he says, "I never knew our campus heartthrob had a hobby like this."
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Luo Qingyi is C University's campus heartthrob, with refined, elegant features and a reserved, cool temperament. He's famous as an untouchable flower on a high peak. In private, though, he dresses in women's clothes and livestreams faceless ASMR.
Unfortunately, one day in his second year, his sworn-enemy roommate Qin Yan discovers his secret.
Sworn enemy and top patron Qin Yan corners him against a wall. "Promise me one thing, and I'll keep your secret."
Luo Qingyi: "What?"
Qin Yan: "Dress as a woman and pretend to be my partner."
Luo Qingyi: ...?
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Luo Qingyi knows very well that Qin Yan is straight, the classic kind of straight guy. Everything he's doing is just to get revenge on him.
Once Qin Yan has had enough revenge, he'll get bored.
But as the days pass, Qin Yan seems to get hooked on their couple roleplay. He's gentle and considerate in every way, and incredibly clingy. He even suggests making their relationship official on his Douyin account.
His excuse is that it will make it easier to keep Luo Qingyi's identity a secret.
Luo Qingyi: ...
Besides livestreaming in women's clothes, Luo Qingyi has another secret: he's gay, and he's very attracted to Qin Yan.
If he keeps playing along with Qin Yan, he might lose control and reveal himself one day.
With no other option, Luo Qingyi downloads a popular gay dating app, hoping to find someone and take his mind off things.
After all, he and Qin Yan are only pretending to be a couple, and even their genders are wrong.
He never expected that Qin Yan, taking their roleplay far too seriously, would quickly discover he was using the app to find someone.
That night, Qin Yan corners him in their dorm again, his eyes dark with an indescribable mix of fury and madness. "Luo Qingyi, how dare you cheat on me?"
Luo Qingyi is taken aback. "You said it was just acting, and aren't you straight?"
The silence is deafening.
After who knows how long, Qin Yan grits his teeth. "I'm gay now."
Luo Qingyi: "Since when?"
Qin Yan steps forward and silences all of Luo Qingyi's remaining questions with a kiss.
"Now."
Cool and reserved bottom x scheming, cool guy top
The bottom had a bit of a crush on the top, but not enough to count as unrequited love. Overall, it's sweet and sour, with more sweet than sour.
Theme: True love can come from unexpected twists of fate.